Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Management Engineer - Central Florida Health Alliance

The Central Florida Health Alliance has an immediate opening for a Management Engineer within the newly formed Operational Performance Services team. The Central Florida Health Alliance consists of two hospitals: Leesburg Regional Medical Center and The Villages Regional Hospital.

Position Description

This position will report to the system's Performance Advisor and will support management and administration by serving as project manager and facilitator for identified productivity improvement, labor management, process redesign, and clinical and operational improvement initiatives. Position utilizes Industrial Engineering solutions, Lean, Six Sigma and Project management tools to implement new/redesigned processes. Processes are designed to optimize productivity, operational efficiency, service excellence, clinical outcomes and patient safety. Educates and trains leaders in process improvement, productivity enhancement, and lean/six sigma methods to project teams and management staff. Works with diverse groups and serves as a dynamic change agent and assertively assists process owners in the implementation and achievement of agreed upon goals.

Conducts process improvement studies to ensure that either cost is being reduced, customer service improved, job satisfaction increased or new efficiencies gained. Collects data and trains others on data collection as required. Analyzes data in various ways to determine trends, root causes, calculate various times, etc.; converts data into information needed for administration and management to make informed decisions regarding process changes. Facilitates groups assigned to improve various processes. Develops creative solutions to problems associated with processes throughout the hospitals, and presents these solutions to appropriate staff, management and administration.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Management Engineering, or a related field. Two years experience in health care operations improvement. Working knowledge of process improvement methodologies in the healthcare setting. Lean or six sigma experience preferred. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.

Central Florida Health Alliance

Leesburg Regional Medical Center (LRMC), located in beautiful Lake County, Fla., just 40 miles northwest of Orlando, is now known as a regional medical center specializing in selected tertiary services, such as open heart surgery with neurosurgery having been added in the fall of 2001. Although LRMC has grown as the area has grown, there still remains that friendly family feeling.
The Villages Regional Hospital (TVRH), located in The Villages, Florida, recently completed a $65 million expansion that tripled the number of beds from 60 to 198, added three more floors to the hospital, and resulted in an expansion of cardiac services from LRMC to create The Villages' first, hospital-based cardiac catheterization suites. Physicians on both medical staffs, representing more than 30 specialties, have used their own unique talents and expertise to raise the level of excellence of many of our programs. The hospital provides comprehensive medical services with 198 medical and surgical beds, a twelve-bed intensive care unit, state-of-the-art surgical suites, a radiology department featuring filmless computer imaging, pharmacy, clinical laboratory and a full service emergency department.

Leesburg Regional Medical Center and The Villages Regional Hospital are building healthcare excellence in our community, winning national acclaim for the quality of our care, facilities and people. LRMC has been named Florida's only "Hospital of Choice", and along with The Villages Regional Hospital, was named the #1 Company for Working Families in Central Florida by Sentinel Communications for the past two years. The two hospitals were also named 4th in the Nation by AARP's "Best Employers for Workers 50 & Over" and the Nation's Only Hospital System to receive "BreakThrough Award" for Workers Over 50 by Civic Ventures/MetLife Foundation.

LRMC's open heart program is ranked 2nd in the state in volumes, according to the Agency for Health Care Administration. TVRH was recently Florida's only 100 Top Hospital-Benchmarks for Success by Solucient, and was named a 2006 CareScience Select Practice National Quality Leader Hospital, designated in the top 1% of hospitals nationwide for excellence in quality and efficiency. VHA Inc., a national health care alliance, also recognized the hospital with a 2007 VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence, honoring the hospital for meeting or exceeding national performance standards for clinical care.